21st March John 13:31-38
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
31When
he was gone, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is
glorified in him.
32If
God is glorified in him,[a]
God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.
33"My
children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me,
and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you
cannot come.
34"A
new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you
must love one another.
35By
this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one
another."
36Simon
Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?"
Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you
will follow later."
37Peter
asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for
you."
38Then
Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you
the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!
John 14
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1"Do
not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[a];
trust also in me.
2In
my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told
you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
3And
if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be
with me that you also may be where I am.
4You
know the way to the place where I am going."
Jesus the Way to the Father
5Thomas
said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we
know the way?"
6Jesus
answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
7If
you really knew me, you would know[b]
my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
8Philip
said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
9Jesus
answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you
such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can
you say, 'Show us the Father'?
10Don't
you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The
words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living
in me, who is doing his work.
11Believe
me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at
least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves.
12I
tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been
doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to
the Father.
13And
I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory
to the Father.
14You
may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15"If
you love me, you will obey what I command.
16And
I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with
you forever—
17the
Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees
him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c]
in you.
18I
will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
19Before
long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I
live, you also will live.
20On
that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and
I am in you.
21Whoever
has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves
me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself
to him."
Reflection
1. Where
have you experienced the presence and certitude of God’s love?
~ How has this transformed your life or a particular situation?
2. How do
you respond to the word ‘mysticism’?
~ Has Jean’s reflection helped or changed your understanding?
3.
How is Jesus inviting you to dwell more fully with him?
